Timothy Frudd’s excellent article recently outlined the idea of bringing a consultant for the Humane Society of the United States to the city to solve our urban deer problem. I do not believe Sandy Baker, aka “Deer Doctor,” has any solution to the problem. First, I’ve attempted to ...

Editor, OBSERVER: We question the OBSERVER’s reluctance to support Proposition 1: The Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act of 2022, which will be on the ballot in New York this election. In its Oct. 25 view, “Environmental act is a tough sell,” the editors affirm ...

Suppose that you wanted government to, shall we say, really mess things up. What would you suggest? ı ı ı First you might suggest inflation. No one born in the United States since 1960 has any adult memory of significant inflation sustained for several years. So it’s particularly ...

I looked out the window this morning and saw that the lawn, garden and driveway were covered in leaves. Once I would have headed outside armed with a rake and my leaf blower and quickly swept them up into a neat pile awaiting pickup by the village of Silver Creek, but those days are over ...

BOOM!! The noise was HUGE and beyond startling. The sound explosion propelled me out of my seat. It was midday, I was writing on my laptop, and I couldn’t imagine what could create such a frightful noise. It sounded like it came from the front hall – maybe by the front door? Perhaps it ...

What is at stake in this election? Our democracy is at stake. My father and many other fathers and mothers in this nation fought for our democracy against fascism in World War II — against hate mongers like Hitler and Mussolini and Hirohito. And if World War III begins it will be a fight ...